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Saed
Karzoun is a journalist,
entrepreneur and motivational speaker, founder, and CEO of Taghyeer for Social
Media. Saed is a lecturer in Media, Digital Journalism and Leadership. His
mission is to maximize the political, economic and social impact of young
entrepreneurs and changemakers in Palestine and the Middle East, and to inspire people to do
the things that they love to do, so together, we can create positive change
through social and economic entrepreneurship. Together is stronger.

In May
2017, Saed was chosen as
the personality of the year 2017 by the UNWMOEN in London. May 2016,
was awarded the $50k King Abdullah II Award for Youth Innovation and
Achievement (KAAYIA) for the Arab countries. October 2015, was awarded
the ASHOKA" Prize; the world’s largest entrepreneurship prize. In 2015, published
his first Book “30 Secret Numbers”. In April 2015, was chosen as a 2015
Internet Freedom Fellow under the auspices of the United States Mission to the
United Nations in Geneva. In December 2014, won the German Transparency
International prize, Social Entrepreneurs Initiative Global 2014. In 2014, nominated
to participate in the regional finals of the Fifth annual Hult Prize; the world’s ‎largest
competition ‎in London for $1 million in start-up funding
to solve President Clinton’s ‎Healthcare Challenge, in London. In
2011,awarded the Press and
Media Prize for the best radio program "Filistin Alshabab Radio Program
for Youth", in Palestine. In
2007, awarded “flistineshabab” Prize for the best cultural article.
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“Taghyeer “ is a non-profit organization
working on developing social media usage in Palestine and making a change in
society on issues revolving around women and youth such as: Change Makers and Entrepreneurship,
Leadership and Digital Diplomacy, YouKnow: Freedom of Speech and Off / Online
Human Rights, Social Media Bus – We blog to Develop, Mappingher –Women’s right
and Economic Empowerment. www.taghyeer.ps“Taghyeer
“ is a non-profit organization working on developing Social Media usage in
Palestine and making a change in society on issues revolving around women and
youth in a society still living under occupation . In 2003 he was a co-founder of
Al Kamandjati Music Association dedicated to teach Palestinian children music
specifically in refugee camps in Palestine and Lebanon. In 2010 -2014 he was
appointed the Head of the Board of Directors of Sharek Youth Forum. In 2012 he
participated in a four week Cultural Management Training Programme for Cultural
Managers in Germany and four weeks of building media projects at Deutsche Welle
in the city of Bonn. In 2013 he participated in Digital Journalism tools
training for newsgathering & reporting across cultures, organized and
founded by Google and the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations in association
with The World Bank Institute. He led various media campaigns, social, health,
economic and political projects and initiatives, and partnered with local and
international institutions. His projects call for positive change, building
dialogue between the Middle East and the rest of the World. At the end of 2012
Al Jazeera Channel screened a short movie about his work as an example of
success and originality, mainly because he initiated new unrestrained media
content. Saed
holds a BA degree in Media and Journalism and resides in Ramallah.